CHAPTER NINE THE TERRIBLE VENGEANCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD PROPHETIC WORD One Heartbeat Away From Hell Gen.

4:11-12; Lev.26:11; Psalms 5:6; Eccl.8:8; Matt. 21:17-20; 25:41; Acts 5:5,9-10; Col.1:17; I John 3:12; Heb.12:16 People fail to consider that the same God Who breathed life into them in their mothers womb has the power to take that life away anytime He so chooses. I the LORD give each one of you every breath you breathe. I uphold the entire expanse of the universe in My Hands and not even one tiny sparrow ever falls to the earth without My noticing. How much more do I record every crime of violence, every murder, every theft, every episode of adultery and every act of cruelty. I created hell for the devil and his evil angels who rebelled against Me before the creation of Adam and Eve. I never intended for man to end up in hell. But after Adam sinned and cast the whole human race into a fallen condition, they needed a redeemer, Who I provided in the person of My dear Son the Lord Jesus. All who put their trust in Him in faith and repentance shall never perish, but have everlasting life. The hardened man of violence despises My Son because of His meekness and His gentleness. The bloodthirsty criminal shakes his fist in the face of divine love. He boasts that he is only in his teens or twenties and has a long way to go before he comes to the end of his natural strength. I could take out any person I created in just a moment of time. After Cain murdered his brother Abel I allowed him to go on living but he was as a walking dead man with no further possibility of being blessed among My righteous redeemed ones. Cain turned His back on My explicit instructions on offering up blood sacrifice as being the only accepted way into My presence (this was before the Cross ended any further need for animal sacrifices). Cain refused to offer up a lamb on his altar, and his sin nature was not dealt with. Instead of obtaining a lamb, he took the more convenient, easier way of offering up vegetable produce grown through his own hard work. Without proper sacrifice of innocent animal blood Cain could not reach Me by faith in the coming Sacrifice of My Son. Instead, Cain was headstrong, arrogant, combative, and competitive. Competition among humans to excel over all others (the rat race) began with Cain. Abel wanted no part of Cains mean-spirited competition to become Top Dog in the world. He wanted only to be reconciled with Me. Cain despised his gentler, mild-mannered brother and killed him to settle the score for a perceived insult. I had dared to accept Abel and his sacrifice and reject Cains way of doing things. I allowed Cain to continue existing in the earth but I could no longer bless him. He would wander from place to place, trying to be a big shot and suck off other peoples hard work. Why? Because Cain was now under a curse. Everything he tried to grow, everything he tried to make happen for him to get ahead would no longer work for him. Cain would win his way in the world only by passing himself off as a big somebody others should pay tribute to. Cain was the first bully in the human race. After he murdered Abel and realized he was in danger of being put to death by the LORD for it, his first thought was only for himself. No remorse for the brother hed put in an early grave. No tearing of his garment

in sorrow and penitence. Only concern for himself. That is the way of the bully. Always selfish and mean, looking out for his own personal welfare ONLY. The hardened, vicious bully is incapable of tender compassion. Hard-hearted, wicked men despise My Holy Son for being compassionate. Violence is what the bully worships, and violence is the only thing he is willing to understand. Therefore he shall be at the receiving end of the violent wrath of his Creator. Fear is the only thing that will drive a bully to his knees. Not tender-hearted repentance toward God and faith toward Christ as Savior and Lord, but collapsing before his Creator in terror and abject fear. At the judgment of wicked men, saith the Lord, they will know sorrow of heart. Not the sorrow that leads to repentance and life eternal, but feeling sorry FOR THEMSELVES that they are about to be hurled into a far deeper pit of hellish anguish than they put their victims through. I will allow bullies and evil men to roam the earth until they are finally dealt with at the end of the Tribulation Period, but I will no longer bless them with the blessings of life along with the righteous. Just like I cursed the fig tree and ordered it to dry up from its roots, so I have already placed a curse on men of violence and cruelty. Their crops will not thrive, and what they do to get ahead will dry up and blow away. I will make hailstones of adversity to strike down whatever they do. I will cause refreshing rains of blessing to dry up from their lives. I will remove My hand of protection from them, so that their health is at risk. Early death will come to some of those still young when they least expect it. I will cut short the probationary period of some of the worst bullies, so that they no longer have the opportunity to repent and be saved. Why? Because after being thoroughly dealt with time and time again by My Spirit and rebuffing My pleas repeatedly, I stop dealing with them and leave them to their own self-chosen destructions. Am I merciful? A thousand times, yes. But what can a God of perfect holiness do with those who refuse to be reconciled with Him by accepting His perfect Sacrifice for sin, the Lord Jesus Christ? Good intentions never were enough to save anyone. Obedience to My Word is the key to being accepted as one of My own. Under the Old Covenant, those who refused to obey My Voice were abhorred and rejected by Me. In this Dispensation of Grace My Word commands sinners to repent and trust in Christ alone as Savior. Those who refuse to submit to Christ now will pay part of the penalty now and much more later in the world to come. Many foolhardy, boastful bullies will tear around in their cars and play dangerous games only to come to a tragic end. Some will die of cancer, sudden heart attacks, drug overdoses or other plagues caused by ungodly living. I am not obligated to bless and protect the man of violence along with those who love me. Even in the early Church there were those who died young because of sin, even non-violent types of sin! I put Ananias and Sapphira to death for just ONE occasion of lying to My Spirit! Judgment began early, in My own House of Faith. And if it begins in My own House, surely it must continue with the wicked. If I must purge sin out from among My own children for their own good, how terrible My wrath will be when it falls upon the heads of those who hate Me in these Last Days of time! I am weary of having My love and forbearance and offer of free salvation through Christ flung back into My face by braggarts who boast that God would never send anyone to hell, not even the worst of them. But I solemnly warn each and every son of Belial who mocks the mercy of their Creator: the precious Blood of Jesus is MY personal property, and if you ever treat it with contempt and trample it underfoot, it is MY right to withhold its benefits from you forever! Then it will be eternally impossible for you to receive repentance unto salvation, though you seek My face carefully with tears.

All those who hate Me and boast of being immortal should remember this: They did not create themselves. Nor do they hold together the atoms which compose their own bodies. I the Lord hold this universe together, and everything in it exists only by My permission. Death, hell and judgment are only one feeble heartbeat away. UNREPENTANT BULLIES WILL BE CLOTHED IN SHAME FOR ALL ETERNITY A servant of God sent me a prophecy that many enemies had cursed me in my youth but God would heap shame on their heads. That brings me peace, whereas forgiving the unrepentant didnt (forgiveness usually starts with Im sorry and its a two-way transaction, not a delusional head trip). Jesus forgave people who knew not what they did. But they KNEW NOT WHAT THEY DID, and a lot of Christians overlook that minor point. I dont feel sorry for unrepentant sinners who know what theyre doing but do it anyway because they know (think) they can get away with it. Psalms 35:26: Let mine adversaries be CLOTHED WITH SHAME, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. Psalms 109:29: Let mine adversaries (enemies) be CLOTHED WITH SHAME, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. These are the prayers of David, a saint after Gods own heart. No, God didnt send David to hell for unforgiveness. I know David is up there in heaven right now playing his harp, while his unrepentant foes are charcoal down below. Note the contrast between these two verses taken from the same context: Psalms 132:16: I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. Verse 18: His (Davids) enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. Christians are priests of the New Covenant (I Pet.2:5,9). We are also saints of God. Like Old Testament Israelite priests, God clothes us with the robe of salvation (see also Isaiah 61:10). God gives us a song in the night. As for our enemies, God clothes them with shame INSTEAD OF salvation. Does God give our enemies a song? Does He promise even to tenderly care for men of violence who wouldnt under any circumstances repent of their sins? Isaiah 65:13: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. God warns that those who hurt his servants will, at some point in time, lack even the basic necessities of life. Sometimes God does pour out His rain on saint and sinner alike, in hopes of softening their hearts with His kindness and leading them to repentance (Romans 2:4). Everything might seem to be peachy for them FOR NOW, but unrepentant sinners are NOT Gods own children. They have no right to claim any mercy or kindness from God apart from first turning to Christ in repentance and becoming part of His family. Sinners cant

bank on God showing them infinite, unending patience and mercy. God promises the wicked crying and sorrow instead of joy and singing. God promises to turn that big bad scary bully into a thing of nought (a lightweight fluff you dont even notice anymore). Isaiah 41: 10: Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive (fight) with thee shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. Jere.20:11: But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. 12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins (inner parts) and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. 13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. Jer.23:40: And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you (those who rebel against God), and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten. Dan.12:2: And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.* * * * Unrepentant bullies will receive shame and humiliation in a devils hell for all eternity INSTEAD OF eternal life with Christ. Obadiah 1:10: For thy violence against thy brother Jacob SHAME SHALL COVER THEE, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.* * * * God promises Jacobs persecutor only shame and permanent exile from His presence. Like burning napalm shame shall cling to damned souls forever. Psalms 35: An Appeal to God for Judgment and Justice Psalms Chapter 35 is the heartrending prayer of a hunted man who is outnumbered and overwhelmed by anxiety. Davids father-in-law King Saul is out gunning for him, bent on destroying him. David despairs because of the superior might of the enemy and realizes that only God can help him survive. Psalms 35:1: Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive (fight) with me: fight against them that fight against me.* * *At first glance it appears that David is asking God to try to reason with his enemies, to see if there might be a peaceful resolution to a conflict he didnt start. And then, if they wont listen to reason and stop the war, God must fight for His servant to protect him. I looked up the word plead in the Strongs Concordance to see how it is used in this context. Plead is translated from the Hebrew word ruwb which means to contend with or to wrangle with. An even stronger Hebrew word for plead is found in Ezekiel 38: 22. This plead is translated from the shaphat, which means to vindicate or punish. In

that passage the wicked territory of Gog decides to swoop down upon the nation of Israel, and God pleads with Gog by raining hailstones, fire, and brimstone upon Gog. ASK GOD TO FIGHT FOR YOU WHEN YOUR ENEMIES REFUSE TO LEAVE YOU ALONE IN PEACE. Not to harm them, but to hinder them from doing evil and to instill enough fear in their hearts that they will know that God is on YOUR side and against them. Only when sinners realize that God is actually their enemy will they awaken to their need for salvation (see Rom.8:7 and James.4:4). One big mistake evangelists make these days is to focus solely on the message that God loves everybody and never to mention that He is at war with those who hate Him (example: Ex.17:16). Peter said it best in Acts 10:35:in every nation that feareth him (God), and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.* * *It follows that those who hate righteousness and detest God are NOT accepted with him. To avoid offending anyone, preachers gloss over or ignore the crucial issues of sin and eternal judgment (Heb. 6:1-2). People cannot be saved to heaven until they are first saved from sin and its consequences. Bullies need to know that a holy God loves people but he hates sin, and unless a bully is willing to repent of (turn away from) and part with his filthy sins he cannot enter heaven. Slapping happy-face stickers on your car bumper just isnt good enough, where it concerns warning the wicked. God is a good God, but the devil is a bad devil, and those under satans power need to be made aware of their eternal peril. The devil isnt a joke. Hes the power behind the bully. The power of satan in him must be broken through earnest prayer and standing on the Word of God. Pray always for Gods hand of protection upon you and your loved ones. As a teenage I learned that prolonged verbal hostility can easily escalate into real physical violence. Psalms 35:2: Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Verse 3: Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.* * *David pleads with God to arm Himself and make a stand to defend him. David asks God to stand in the enemys way to hinder him. Ask God to do this for you. God in Christ is your salvation (deliverance from destruction). Verse 4: Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.* * *Ask God to put all kinds of obstacles in your enemys way and to create chaos and confusion in the camp of your enemy. That would include enmity from the wicked spirits of darkness (see Eph.6:12) and from those they influence, your human foes. Verse 5: Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.* * *You can ask God to send warrior angels to chase both your demonic and human enemies. Spend a whole day in prayer if you must. Put all other activities on hold until you feel like youve prayed through. Pray until you feel a release in your soul that all is well and God will undertake for you in power. If you are filled with the Spirit, pray a good deal of the time in tongues of the Spirit (I Cor.14:2). I wish Id had this spiritual weapon of defense when I was a teenager under attack. Verse 6: Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.* * *Pray that the same God who makes your own way perfect (see Psalms 18:32) will cause your enemy to lose his/her footing as they race toward hell, just long enough to stop and wonder if theyre on the wrong path. In the case of a hardened, dangerous, belligerent bully who threatens your physical safety, pray earnestly that the mighty angel of the LORD will drive that one out of your life. Verse 7: For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.* * *Without provocation bullies hate their victims so much they prepare traps for them to make them stumble into bad situations. That can take the form of a bully tripping a kid up and making him fall into a mud puddle. Or it can be more sinister, like luring a lone victim into a secluded place to work him over.

Verse 8: Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.* * *What you sow you reap (Gal.6:7). God will reward every man according to his deeds (Rom.2:6). In verses 9 and 10 David rejoices in Gods salvation and praises the Lord for defending him from a foe who is way too strong for him. Your enemy might be too strong for you, but he is NOT strong enough to whip Almighty God! In Psalms 35: 11 David complains about false witnesses lying about him. In verse 12 he speaks of those who rewarded him evil for good to the spoiling (ransacking) of his soul. When you go out of your way to be a blessing to others but they turn around and do you dirty, you feel like youve really been violated. The Psalmist goes on to say that he even fasted and mourned for these people when they were sick. But it felt like his prayer for them never got through! Kind of reminds me of Jeremiah 14:11-12 where God instructs Jeremiah: Pray not for this people for their good. When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation (drink offering), I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. This is old Testament scripture. But there is one verse in I John 5:16 with an implicit warning: If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.* * *John here is speaking of your brother, or fellow believer. He speaks of a sin not unto death. It is as though John is reluctant to bring this point up and expresses it in the kindest way he knows how: There is a sin not unto death, and believing prayer can impart life to someone who repents of it. But there is also a sin unto death which is not helped by prayer. Now if a believer in Christ must walk before God in reverent fear and is scarcely saved (see I Pet.4:18), how much greater danger must the hardened sinner be in! Those David prayed for probably offended God to the point of no return. After David himself fell into deep trouble, those same people hed prayed and fasted for turned on him like lions. I always did say, you never know who your real friends are till youre at your lowest. David pleads for God to make things right and to vindicate him, so that his foes would not rejoice over him. In verse 26 he prays that his enemies would be clothed with shame. I cant much say that I blame him. Bullies go out of their way to heap shame on others. Maybe if they felt a little shame themselves they would realize how much it hurts! David knows how to express his fears and sorrows unto the Lord, but he balances the bad with the good by never forgetting to offer praises to God for what He has already done to help. David concludes Psalms 35 with praise for the Lord Who has pleasure in the prosperity (well-being) of His servant. David promises to speak of Gods righteousness and praise Him all the day long. When God answers your prayer, never forget to thank Him and exalt Him before those around you for being your great Helper and Deliverer. And never forget that all blessings are made possible by Christ, your Redeemer. The Charity Begins at Home Principle All right, Ill admit the old saying charity begins at home isnt exactly found in the Bible. But it is strongly implied there. Jesus and Paul made it a practice to first evangelize their own people, the Jews, before bringing the Gospel to outsiders. The same principle would hold for other spiritual blessings. Sometimes the welfare of the victim and the comfort of

the bully conflict. Where possible, mercy should be shown. But it is NOT merciful to the victim to let the unrepentant bully off the hook, with no consequences to fear for repeated insults and acts of violence. Nor is it merciful to other potential victims who will suffer injury and insult from that thug if he knows hell be continually forgiven for anything he feels like doing to your child. Where mercy is concerned, charity does begin at home. The Lord gave me a promise that everything thats unresolved and wrong will one day be made right. Psalms 103:6: The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. This verse is in the middle of an oft-quoted chapter in Psalms where the righteous are exhorted to bless the Lord for His many benefits. Many preachers rush right past this verse as they preach from it. They focus on nice, inoffensive blessings such as the Lord forgiving sins and being slow to anger and full of mercy. But this particular verse in Psalms 103 is extremely important for victims of bullying, especially those who love the Lord. This scripture reaffirms each persons value in the sight of God. God executes righteousness and judgment for ALL who are oppressed (bullied). God is the righteous Judge of All the Earth, and this is reflected in Romans 12:19 where the apostle Paul reminds believers they dont have to take their own vengeance on unrepentant enemies. God will exact His own vengeance, and in His own time and way. The bullys sin is primarily against God, secondarily against a human victim who happens to be in the firing line. If it were left up to me, I would do like 98% of Christian believers and exercise therapeutic forgiveness just to simplify things. But that would be a violation of my integrity. I dont dispense automatic forgiveness to the unrepentant. I just turn them over to God to deal with. I am joined as one spirit with Christ (I Cor.6:17). I know enough about God to realize that He doesnt offer bargain basement forgiveness and cheap grace to the unrepentant. God is a God of justice and I have often sensed that He is very angry with those who have hurt me. Its His anger, not mine. A believers personal feelings, or lack of them, dont even figure into the equation, where it concerns Gods role of Avenger (Deut.32:43; 2 Sam. 22:48;Psalms 18:47; 79:10; Jer.15:15; I Thes.4:6). The important thing is to let God alone to carry out His own role as Judge in His own way (Ex.32:10; Deut.9:4). Where it concerns punishment on unrepentant sinners, Christ will tread the winepress of vengeance ALONE (Isa.63:3; Rev.19:15). Christians must keep an emotional distance from Gods grim business of settling scores with their oppressors (the bullying issue IS supercharged with emotion). The Church, the Bride of Christ, is the weaker vessel, and only Christ, the Head of the Church (which is comprised of many members), must be allowed to shoulder the heaviest burdens of all. Wrath and anger are terrible, terrible burdens which only our Creator is strong enough to bear. I know Im in the minority in rejecting as false the popular doctrine of Gods unconditional forgiveness of the unrepentant. But throughout the Bible the majority were usually wrong, and throughout the Bible God asks for repentance first, then comes the forgiveness. Many Christians absolve the worst sinners of any responsibility to humble themselves before God and repent of their sins. But Jesus Himself warned that sinners will perish if they dont repent (Luke 13:3,5). Unconditional forgiveness does away with the need for the Cross, because if God forgave everybody just because he felt like it, Christ would never have had to die on the Cross to pay for the sins of those who would repent. If God let everyone into heaven regardless of how mean they are, He would violate His own integrity as a just Judge Who must ultimately punish all unrepented-of sin.

Christians who find fault with other Christians for being unable to forgive the unrepentant are trespassing in an area where God should always have the last word. They are trivializing the sin committed against the victim as if it were nothing. In my case it was years of emotional torture and unwarranted hatred heaped on me for being the Designated Victim of Hog Pen High. If the God Who dwells in me has shown me there can be no forgiveness for unrepentant criminals, then who am I to question that? Gods promise of final justice for all victims of bullying is just as valid as all the other promises of Psalms 103. Just because this might cause the bully a little discomfort doesnt mean the Christian is sinning by claiming it. Denying justice to victims leaves an open wound in their souls. God, Who is perfectly just, has a pair of scales in His hands and He will see to it that they are balanced, not left unbalanced in favor of the bully. God: A Friend to Some, A Foe to Others In his exile the Psalmist prayed: Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me (Psalms 143:9). And, in Psalms 57:1: Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.* * *Nothing feels more secure than being sheltered beneath Gods wings. Jesus Himself lamented in Matt.23:37 that He would have gladly sheltered the people of Jerusalem under His wings, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But they rejected Him and He could not protect them. One popular delusion going around is that God loves everybody just the same, even hardened souls who finally reject Christ and His sacrifice on Calvary. But what does Scripture REALLY say? According to the Bible, the day will come when Gods patience will finally be exhausted and He will LAUGH AT the unrepentant wicked who face His terrible wrath. Bullies who laugh at the soul they drove to suicide through prolonged abuse will be laughed at by Somebody bigger and tougher than they are: Psalms 2:4: He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. Psalms 37:12: The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. Verse 13: The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. Verse 14: The wicked have drawn the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay (kill) such as be of upright conversation (behavior). Verse 15: Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.* * * Trust in God that He will break ALL your enemies weapons! Psalms 59:8: But thou, O LORD, shall laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen (hardened sinners) in derision. Psalms 64:7: But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.* * *Can you imagine not only having GOD laugh at you but shooting at you with divine WMD? Now, if God is against you, who can be on your side (reverse of Rom.8:31)? Proverbs 1:26: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh.* * *Remember the big bad bully who laughed at you and only hurt you more when you got scared and said, Please leave me alone? Well, somebody a whole lot bigger is gonna laugh at HIM if he doesnt hurry up and repent of his sins and accept Christ as Savior! Is God as friendly toward unrepentant sinners as most Christians are?

Psalms 34:16: The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. Many will object that this is Old Testament Scripture. But the apostles of the church often repeat OT scriptures to their flock in the early church. Peter reaffirms this truth: I Pet.3:12: For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. Interestingly, this is in the middle of a passage where Peter urges kindness and mercy toward enemies (probably because you dont always know who is still capable of repentance). But no matter how nice you are to stubbornly unrepentant men of violence, they do NOT enjoy Gods favor so long as they continue in their evil ways. What will be the glorious future of those who belong to Christ? Psalms 150:5: Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Verse 6: Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; Verse 7: To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; Verse 8: To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; Verse 9: To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have ALL his saints (past, present and future). Praise ye the LORD. Nowadays the Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, is to be the only offensive weapon the Christian carries (see Eph.6: 17). The other equipment in the soldiers arsenal of Ephesians 6 is for defense against satans evil forces (the helmet, breastplate, shield, etc.). But one day all true believers raised or translated to immortality at the Rapture will return with Christ to earth to execute literal vengeance upon the wicked. Rev.19:11: And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Verse 12: His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns, and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. Verse 13: And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood; and his name is called The Word of God. Verse 14: And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. Verse 15: And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. You may have been bullied by brutes who were controlled by satan. You may have felt like dirt under their feet. But if you belong to Christ, your future will be the diametrical opposite of your wretched past. You will assist the victorious Christ in His mop-up operation and help Him give the earth a fresh new start, free of evil beasts (Ezek.34:25). You will help Christ rule over the nations with a rod of iron, not with the wet spaghetti noodle of unconditional tolerance for the wicked. Christ Himself promises: Rev.2:26: He that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power (authority) over the nations:

Verse 27: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my father. Verse 28: And I will give him the morning star. This last verse is significant, for it reminds me of Isaiah 14:12: How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning (In the Hebrew it reads O day star)! How art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations. Succeeding verses describe Lucifer (the devils) rebellious attitude toward God, and how he hurt Planet Earth and opened not the house of his prisoners. In my worst days I felt imprisoned in a private hell I could neither triumph over nor flee from. The devil, satan, used to be Lucifer, son of the morning, or the day star. In the book of Revelation we overcomers are promoted to exalted office in the Kingdom of God by being given the morning star. At the same time we see our old enemy the devil bound and put on death row for a thousand years before being cast into a Lake of Fire burning with brimstone (Rev.20:1-3, 7-10).

Eternal Ramifications of Bullycide: A Theological Dilemma Ive heard the same old sad story on the news and it makes me so mad I could spit! Now dont tell me Im overreacting because this type of story raises questions no Bible expert on earth has ever been willing (or able) to answer. Its safe to say no one on earth can resolve the dilemma posed in this section. I dont know how many times Ive heard this story, or a slight variation thereof. Just the other day a teenage boy who was a source of great joy to his parents was bullied to the point where he went into his room and hung himself. He was a high school freshman who killed himself just a few months after starting school! His poor parents said it would not bring their wonderful son back if they pursued justice against the bullies or others involved in this outrage. Another one bites the dust. This happens time and again, with hardly a yawn from government officials. Innocent children die, and the bullies get away with it because theres just not enough anger to bring the full force of the law down on the bullies. Rigorously enforced anti-bullying laws are needed. Severe, repeated bullying is a HATE CAMPAIGN and thus, inherently a hate crime. It needs to be made a federal offense prosecutable by law. If you insult someone for being of a different race or ethnic group (which IS wrong!) all hell will break loose. But its okay to hound a poor child to his or her own death because its a normal part of growing up! Thats funny logic. How can driving someone to suicide be a normal part of growing up if it prevents them from growing up! Now, pardon me for opening up this theological can of worms. I have no way of knowing whether these much-loved kids were Christian believers at the time they died. And even if they were, how accountable does God hold them for their desperate action if they had to face a mob of violent kids every day and saw no other way out? Im not defending suicide, but surely God wouldnt dump ALL the blame on the victim if others pushed that one over the edge and their will to live was overpowered by blinding fear! For most of His lifetime Gods own Son was able to escape His enemies (see Matt.2:12-15; John 10:39; Luke 24:8-30). Christians emphasize that since Jesus suffered we should be happy to suffer too. But throughout His ministry and up until the time He suffered for our sins, Jesus got away from those who threatened to hurt Him. Most bullied kids cant do

that, unless theyre old enough to quit school, or their parents can afford some alternative way to educate them. God didnt let some scumbag beat Jesus on the school bus just for the hell of it. He allowed His Son to escape until it came time to go to the Cross. Bullied kids dont die to save other kids from sin. They die because theyre overpowered by satan and cant escape. Now for a very touchy issue I have NEVER heard anybody address in my whole life. Many believe all suicide, even when it happens because of overpowering fear, is punishable by an eternity in hell. So what if the bully prays for forgiveness after sending another soul to hell through his/her repeated abuse? How can you ask a bereaved parent to forgive the murderer of his/her own child if that parent thinks their own child could be in hell because evil bullies drove him/her there? At that juncture, what would the bereaved parent gain by pardoning that bully? Will God reward their forgiveness of the bully by releasing the soul of the bullied child from hell? What a loaded question! What if that child was driven to suicide before he had the chance to accept Christ as Savior? What cold comfort to the bereaved parent to know things are peachy for the bully but there is no hope at any point in eternity for their tormented child! How could any Christian blame such a parent for feeling bitter toward a bully who drove their own precious child into hell? I brought this extreme example up just to drive home the point that bullyings consequences are often ETERNAL, not just temporal. Bullies are tools of satan, destroyer of souls. Will God EVER Avenge the Righteous? Many verses Ive quoted out of the Old Testament. But many think gentle Jesus would never take vengeance on anyone, even hardened criminals. Yet none other than the Lord Jesus is soon to return from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on Gods enemies, and on those who refuse to obey His Gospel. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the Presence of the Lord ( I Thes. 1:7-10). The bears will come out of the forest once again to consume wicked, violent men who mocked Gods offer of salvation in Christ and boasted they were out of the reach of all justice. Is God indifferent to the cries of persecuted Christians around the world who are being martyred for their faith by cowardly enemies of Christ? Did He ignore the dying cries of saints who were slain for their faith in Christ down through the ages? Will the Judge of all the earth ever do right by those who have been wronged? Surely He will! Deut. 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. Verse 41: If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand shall take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. (Deut. 32:41). Verse 42: I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. Verse 43: Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.* * *Notice, that at the very same time God showers wrath upon His enemies He shows mercy to His own people!

How strange, rejoicing and divine vengeance in the same context. Gods avenging of his servants is to be a cause for giving Glory to God, rather than regret. Psalms 52:6: The righteous shall also see, and fear, and shall laugh at him (the wicked). Will Gods people ALWAYS have to bear PATIENTLY with the wicked? Psalms 58:10: The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. Verse 11: So that a man may say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. But surely these plain statements of Scripture about righteous people rejoicing in Gods judgment of the wicked couldnt possibly apply to the New Testament. Or could they? Compare to a New Testament Scripture which exhorts Gods people to rejoice over the destruction of a corrupt world system which had cruelly persecuted them and shed their blood in martyrdom. This judgment is yet future, due to take place before Christ assumes His rightful place as King over all the earth. Revelation 18:20: Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. Notice, also, that both apostles and prophets join in the rejoicing. This would contradict the widely-held belief that while it was permissible for Old Testament saints to rejoice in Gods judgment upon their foes because they didnt know any better, persecuted New Testament believers should never desire to be vindicated by Gods righteous judgment upon their oppressors. Why do I believe it is righteous to desire justice? One reason lies in Revelation 6: 9-11. The souls of those martyred for their faith assemble beneath the altar of God in heaven crying out: How long, O Lord, Holy and True, dost thou not avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? Rather than finding fault with these holy martyrs for asking Him that question, God gives them white robes (which symbolize righteousness) and tells them they must rest a season until all those destined to be martyrs are likewise killed. Then Gods vengeance would be poured out upon wicked sinners on earth. In Revelation Chapter 18:20 both apostles and prophets are exhorted to glorify God for the perfect justice He has just poured out upon wicked Babylon, an evil world system which has shed the blood of the righteous. While prophets are found in both Old and New Testaments, the apostle is exclusively an office of the Church. The word apostle is derived from the Greek apostolos, which means an ambassador, or one sent forth in the service of Christ. Except for Christs original disciples, the Jewish nation did not evangelize the world to fulfill their calling to be a light unto the nations (Isaiah 49:6). Although they might have accepted converts to Judaism, Israelites mostly kept themselves to themselves until they were driven out of the Promised Land by conquerers. The apostle hails from the New Testament period. While Christians are duty-bound to love their persecutors in this present life because they could be candidates for salvation, it will not be their duty to love persecutors in the world to come. Jonathan Edwards, one of the greatest evangelists in American history, wrote two sermons that made me shiver when I studied them: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

and The End of the Wicked Contemplated by the Righteous. In the latter sermon Edwards explicitly stated: It is now our duty to love all men, though they are wicked; but it will not be a duty to love wicked men hereafter. Christ, by many precepts in his word, hath made it our duty to love all men. We are commanded to love wicked men, and our enemies and persecutors. But this command doth not extend to the saints in glory, with respect to the damned in hell. At the time of the Apocalypse it will be fully manifest that the unrepentant who perish in the seal, bowl and vial judgments poured out of heaven by an angry God are vessels fitted to destruction (Romans 9:22). Then their only reason for existence will be this: to be receptacles of the fierce wrath of God poured into them, undiluted by mercy or restraint! Having allied themselves with the evil Antichrist of the Tribulation Period, they will have sold their souls to satan and will have no further opportunity or desire for redemption from sin. Instead, they will drink of the wine of the wrath of God in the presence of the angels and of Christ, the Lamb of God (Rev.14:9-11). More Scriptures Which Warn of the Fierceness of Gods Wrath Isaiah 13:11: And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity, and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. Isaiah 26:20-21: Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. Jeremiah 25:29: For lo, I begin to bring evil on this city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of Hosts. Verse 30: Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. Verse 31: A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy (dispute) with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. Verse 32: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. (Could this be an ancient prophets description of a mushroom cloud nuclear blast? If so, it is indeed a prophecy for the future, since nuclear weapons have not been used in warfare since they destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII. Verse 33: And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. Nahum 1: 2: God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. * * *This, despite the fact the next verse declares that the LORD is slow to anger. Yet there is no contradiction. Gods long patience with this sinful planet is not infinite, and the day of judgment against ungodly mankind will come.

Malachi 4:1: For behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be as stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. Deut. 32: 39: See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. Verse 40: For I lift up my hand unto heaven and say, I live for ever. Verse 41: If I whet my glittering sword and my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.* * *Since bullies are estranged from Christ and they hate Gods attributes of love and mercy, and it follows that they also hate God Himself. Verse 42: I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. Verse 43: Rejoice, O ye nations with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful to his land, and to his people. Parallel verse in New Testament: Revelation 18:20: Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. Isaiah 11:4: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. Isaiah 63:1: Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this is that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Verse 2: Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? Verse 3: I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. Verse 4: For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. Verse 5: And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me, and my fury, it upheld me. verse 6: And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. Parallel Wrath Passages in New Testament Revelation 14:19: And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. Verse 20: And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. Revelation 19:11: And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Verse 12: His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. Verse 13: And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called the Word of God (see John 1:1 and I John I:1).

Verse 14: And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. Verse 15: And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.* * *Notice, God is not just mildly annoyed with sinners, there is a FIERCENESS about his righteous wrath. At that time, the hour of mercy will be past, and lamblike forbearance will turn to forever-BEAR-ance! Verse 16: And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Matt. 10:28: And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Luke 12:4: And I say unto you, my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. Verse 5: But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear. Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. RELIGIOUS MYTH: JESUS IS WAY TOO NICE TO EVER GET MAD. Luke 19:27: But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither and slay them before me.* * *In this parable, Jesus, the soon-coming King, is typified by the nobleman who went away into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. At His First Coming, Jesus came to give His life a ransom for many (Matt.20:28). When He comes again, it will be to reign as King upon Planet Earth until he has put ALL enemies, human or demonic, under his feet (I Cor.15:25). John 2:13: And the Jews Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Verse 14: And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: Verse 15: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers money, and overthrew the tables; Verse 16: And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Fathers house an house of merchandise; Verse 17: And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. Matt. 24:48: (Jesus speaking): But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming; Verse 49: and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; Verse 50: The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of. Verse 51: And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.* * *This passage certainly applies to greedy televangelists who devour widows houses like the religious rats in Matt.23:14. RELIGIOUS MYTH: JESUS LOVES SINNERS SO MUCH, HE WILL ALWAYS TURNS A BLIND EYE TO WRONGS DONE TO HIS FOLLOWERS, AND WILL CERTAINLY OVERLOOK SINS AGAINST HIMSELF.

Matt. 25:41: Then shall he (Jesus) say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: Verse 42: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink. Verse 43: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Verse 44: Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Verse 45: Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. Verse 46: And these shall go away unto everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. RELIGIOUS MYTH: THE GOD OF WRATH AND JUDGMENT APPEARS NOWHERE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. If, as we established earlier, Jesus and His Father are One and the same God, and have been since before the creation of the world, Who is going to pour out the just wrath of God upon unrepentant sinners in the Day of Judgment? JESUS! He says of Himself in John 5:22: FOR THE FATHER JUDGETH NO MAN, BUT HATH COMMITTED ALL JUDGMENT UNTO THE SON. 2 Thess. 1: 7: And to you who are troubled (persecuted) rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, Verse 8: In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Verse 9: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power; Verse 10: When He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. Rev. 6: 15: And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond man, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; Verse 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: Verse 17: For the great day of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Rev. 14:9: And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast (Antichrist) and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand, Verse 10: The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; (note: This speaks of the vessels of wrath appointed to destruction) and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb (Jesus). Verse 11: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.* * *Here is a prime example of how deadly it can be to follow the crowd. During the Great Tribulation, taking the Mark of the Beast will be the popular thing to do. But it will forever end any chance for repentance and be a one-way ticket to hell. Rev. 16: 1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.

Verse 2: And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. Verse 3: And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea, and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. Verse 4: And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters, and they became blood. Verse 5: And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. Verse 6: For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink, for they are worthy. Verse 7: And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. (note: Remember, God the Father has committed ALL judgment unto His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and those who will not let Him be their Savior will have Him preside as their Judge unto eternal damnation). Verse 8: And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. Verse 9: And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. Verse 10: And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness, and they gnawed their tongues for pain. Verse 11: And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. RELIGIOUS MYTH: CHRISTIANS WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO BEAR PATIENTLY WITH EVIL MEN NOW AND FOREVERMORE IN ORDER TO BE LIKE JESUS Rev. 2:26: And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: VERSE 27: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. Contrary to popular belief, Jesus is to be loved with proper reverence, not whimsical sentiment. Far better to let Him love you dearly as one of His very own cherished people than to be dealt with harshly later on as one of His enemies. People act like they can come to Christ any old time they feel like it. But I believe that in each persons life theres an expiration date on Christs offer of salvation known only to Himself. As II Corinthians 6:2 says: For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation. This scripture is echoed in Isaiah 49:8: Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee. If anybody thinks its his prerogative to decide which day of his life will be Gods chosen time to save him from sin and its penalty, thats the most dangerous form of Russian Roulette anybody can play. The stakes couldnt be higher: either life in heaven with Jesus or eternity in a devils hell. Hardly anybody ever stops to consider: Jesus shed His blood to save sinners, but that blood is still Gods property to do with as He pleases. It is only by sheer undeserved mercy that He decides to apply it to the heart of a repentant sinner to wash his heart whiter than snow. Its still HIS Blood. As High Priest of heaven, Jesus presides over the sprinkling of it to wash away sins committed by sinners and backsliders. So dont indulge in immorality, then assume you can always take a quick dip in the Blood to disinfect yourself after youve had

your fun and things will be as popping penicillins after the nights over, Ive gotta itis. Just in case I get run

all right afterward. Thats reducing Gods grace to the same level a visit to the local cathouse. That attitude amounts to: Well, go to my heavenly Blood bank to get an antidote for Go-to-hellover by a pickup truck before I go see my sweetie again.

Now Im going to address a sticky question. Lots of people bank on Once-saved-alwayssaved. But dont bank on getting an easy antidote to sin and its consequences from Christs heavenly Blood Bank when you decide youre tired of one-night stands and all-night boozers. In I Samuel 3: 10-14 we read where God is so disgusted by the actions and attitude of a family of priests that He refuses to allow their sin of their house to be purged away by sacrifice ever again. Eli the high priests two wild sons treated the animal sacrifices of the Lord with contempt. They would violently seize the worshippers raw meat off the pot hooks just as it was about to be boiled according to instructions written in Exodus 29:31 and Leviticus 8:31. In that way they supplied raw meat to Eli so he could gratify his lust for roasted flesh. Quite possibly Elis son ran an illicit butcher business on the side. But their trespass against the Lord involved much more. It was a spiritual sin. In Old Testament times, offering animal sacrifices was an outward ritual which reflected faith in God as Redeemer from sin and its penalty. Old Testament sacrifices were sacred in the eyes of God, for they pointed toward Christs future, final Sacrifice of Himself. By profaning those temporary animal sacrifices those two bully-boys severed their only lifeline to eternal life. Phineas and Hophni were among those counted by God as vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction, spoken of in Romans 1: 21-28, predestined to eternal perdition (I Peter 2:8). God foreknew from the beginning that these two apostate priests would trample underfoot His Covenant of mercy and salvation, so God had no other choice but to consign them to being vessels of wrath, that He might to pour out into them the unmitigated mixture of His dread wrath on the awful Day of Judgment spoken of in Revelation 20:11-15. In that terrible day the books will be opened. Now there might have been other men named Phineas or Hophni throughout the centuries, but the Book of Life will be thoroughly searched for two particular men named Phineas and Hophni , who were sons of Eli, who ministered as High Priest during the Prophet Samuels youth. They will not be found written in the Book of Life and so they will meet the same fate as other reprobates who had been temporarily raised from the dead...straight out of hell, Gods death row for unrepentant sinners. Then they will land in their final destination, the Lake of Fire, to burn with their evil father satan forever and ever. Just recently there was a news story about two adult men who tormented a teenage boy by preventing him from getting out of a deep swimming hole. Whenever the poor youth attempted to climb out, the two men would throw rocks at him or hit him with sticks, forcing him back into the water. The teenager eventually drowned. Those two psychos got sentenced to a piddly 5-1/2 years in jail. Big deal, theyll probably be out again before you know it, looking for another cheap thrill. The courts anemic sentence was based on the supposition that it was just a bit of fun that went way too far. But unless that teenage boy knew Christ as Savior, this murder did far more than kill his body. His murderers decided that he would immediately have to meet the Judge of all the universe without further opportunity to make peace with Him. Murderous bullies who mock and scoff, thinking that if there IS a God Hes too cool to send them to a hot place like hell, ought to consider: Theyre literally playing with fire! It would take an infinite degree of mercy for God to grant such recreational killers repentance unto eternal life, seeing they closed someone elses window of opportunity for salvation. God is not mocked!

Jesus did say, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. The word for means because. Christs killers didnt know what they were doing. Maybe there was a time long, long ago when most cruel people COULD have been moved to repentance through tender pity and kindness. But todays bullies are cold-blooded reptiles, dead to God and dead to basic decency. We live in a day of desperate evil, when conscienceless creatures torture and kill just for the hell of it. Earth is about to enter the Tribulation Period, when profound darkness will enshroud the earth (Isa.60:2). Many modern sinners scoff at Gods tender mercy and fling it back into His face in utter contempt. Most likely, those evil murderers would be absolutely tickled to death if they knew theyd sent another soul to hell! Why Has Christ Been So Merciful? Jesus offered Himself as a Sacrificial Lamb, Who willingly took upon Himself the sins of the world. Isaiah 53:6 says: All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Because Christ was suffering for our sins, He did not defend Himself. He could have called twelve legions of angels down from heaven to protect him (Matt. 26:53). Instead, He took our punishment. His disciples shared in His sufferings. For two thousand years Gods people have borne patiently with privations, persecutions and afflictions so that God could call sinners unto Himself by demonstrating His love through His people. In the coming Kingdom Age it will be Paradise on earth, even for mortal man. At that time no believer will ever have to suffer persecution. Those who commit wickedness will be executed by Christ Himself (Isa.11:4b). For those who love Him, Gods mercy endures forever. But Gods patience does not endure forever for sinners. Its stupid to take it for granted. In these final days before the appearing of Christ we see scoffers walking after their own lusts and sneering: Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation (2 Peter 3: 3-4). Because sentence against an evil work is not immediately executed, mens hearts are set on doing evil, endlessly (Ecclesiastes 8:11). And verse 12 says it is even possible those wicked people might live out long lives. The danger lies in taking Gods mercy for granted. He is under no obligation to show the same degree of forbearance toward one sinner as another. The youths who taunted Elisha got for-BEAR-ance instead! Paul says in 2 Tim. 3:16 that all scripture is given by divine inspiration and is profitable for instruction in righteousness. If so, you can pray a prayer similar to this one: Psalms 79: 6: Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. The psalmist and his people have suffered horrible atrocities at the hand of their enemies. He prays for God to pour out His wrath upon these people. God doesnt condemn the psalmist for wanting to see his enemies punished with the wrath of God. Sometimes this is the only way satans servants can be stopped from doing further harm. Today the Love of Jesus is the only aspect of His nature presented to lost sinners by many well-meaning evangelists. Dont get me wrong, we ALL need love, and nothing is greater than Gods love. But we do people no favor by modernizing Jesus to fit in with warm and fuzzy churchianity which emphasizes only His love. There is another, equally necessary, side to Jesus nature, which will be fully manifest in the soon-coming judgments of Revelation. It is not enough to mention the sweet love of Jesus and the heaven that awaits

the redeemed. People need to be told that they expose themselves to the wrath of God by rejecting Christ, although that is a very unfashionable and very politically incorrect thing to do these days. God will not settle for partial obedience. Jude 23 says: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:11: Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. PROHPETIC WORD The Name of the Wicked Shall Rot Psalms 5:1; 7:11;Prov.10:7; 18:10; 13:20; Isaiah 49:16 Oh, how bold and brash bullies are as they tread upon the sick, the weak, the despised and the poor! How the man of violence boasts of his numberless allies, his weapons, his unending strength and power! The righteous despair that the cruelest of men live long lives in health, strength and pleasures as they trample upon those who are voiceless and without influence in a wicked world gone astray from its Creator. The righteous cries How long, O Lord? How long until you vindicate those who trust in you and put an end to the endless reign of satan in the earth? How long until You finally run out of patience with those who trample underfoot the helpless and rob their weary victims? Why is it that the most depraved sinners enjoy the best this world offers, and everyone seems to love and praise them and want to be like them? The candle of the wicked burns brightly but for a moment, but I shall surely snuff it out, saith the Lord Almighty. It does not burn with My Holy Light, but it shoots off sparks of arrogance and pride. NATURALLY wicked people will accumulate plenty of friends and followers. Fallen man is naturally attracted to that which is carnal and exciting, regardless of how sinful it is. People hero-worship the strongest, the best-looking, and the richest characters in their society, even if they are cruel, wicked beasts. The friends of the wicked bully are no better than he is and shall meet the same eternal fate, because they approve of the bullys wicked deeds. Only eternity matters, My dear children. All the wicked have is the perverse enjoyment of sin in the earth, and soon even that shall be taken from them. If youre walking with Me now in the Spirit of Christ and seeking the ways of holiness, you will be honored in the world to come after satan is deposed. In that day you will share the Throne of My Glory in a renewed Paradise earth which has been thoroughly scrubbed clean of wicked sinners. Yes, it shall be completely purged of rebels who despise my Name. I will surely cleanse the earth as no dishwashing machine ever could cleanse its contents. Just as a man turns a dish over and over in hot soapy water, scrubbing and scraping off the grit and grime of past meals, I will make a thorough end of the residue of wickedness in the earth. Floods of My indignation and My just wrath against sin shall wash and rinse away the filth of the wicked-doers very presence. The heat of My fierce wrath shall sterilize the face of the earth to ready it for My coming in Glory. The glory of the wicked is an abomination in My sight. The glory of the wicked is the misery he inflicts while he lives upon the earth. The wicked takes pleasure in the pain of others. He feasts upon the tears and fears of others. The wicked pollutes the earth with innocent blood. The wicked feeds on filth like the lowly worm he is. The wicked leaves a disgusting legacy of destruction, rot and ruin in the earth. Far from loving the unrepentant wicked, I loathe them infinitely more than you would hate a dirty cockroach. I, the Righteous Judge of all mankind, will hand out a fair paycheck and repay criminal cruelty in kind. I will bury the vile man or woman of violence under a mountain of

rotten filth and make them a laughingstock throughout the earth, just like they treated their poor victims (Nahum 3:6). The heart of the wicked is of little worth (Prov.10:20). Its sole value is to be a receptacle of My righteous wrath against sin, in demonstrating the terror of the Lord against all works of unrighteousness. Even a wicked persons name is an abomination to Me. I hate all unrepentant sinners infinitely more than a skilled surgeon hates disease pathogens in his operating theater. But if you know the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, your own name is written on the palms of My hands. It is recorded in the Lambs Book of Life. What greater place of honor could you desire than to reign with Me in My coming Kingdom? Those you ministered to lovingly in the name of Christ will call the very memory of you blessed, long after you leave your present life in this earth. By contrast, the name of the wicked shall be trodden underfoot as garbage. Their name shall die in infamy in the flames of hell as the wicked perish for the evil they have done on the earth. I created this universe for the benefit and inheritance of My children, not for the wicked to defile like mad dogs soiling a sidewalk. The Name of the Lord is a strong Tower. My righteous ones take refuge in it and are safe from fear of destruction. Those who name the name of Jesus and are connected to Him by faith have a blessed name, for Christ is their true identity and their all-sufficiency. My people are not to look unto this fallen, wicked world to validate their worth as people. All that is identified with this present world system is destined to be destroyed by fire. The wicked has had his/her day, and I am bringing down the curtain on the sad old era of satans oppression of the earth. The devil and his children are about to see the seven cups of My terrible wrath poured out in the earth, and these bitter cups shall be drunk to the dregs by those whose name shall rot in outer darkness throughout all eternity.